Seeing Purple. Tillandsia cyanea, Pink Quill, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

            My mother of dear memory once told me that she was seasick for a week on the North Atlantic and that she - who had a great penchant for colors in her flower beds - saw various dark shades of lilac and purple most of the time in her delirium. She'd have been amused by the story of Elias Erici Tillandz for whom this wonderful excentric plant was named. Tillandz (1640-1693) from Finland, as a student traveled from Turku to Stockholm to further his studies. On the way there he is said to have been so dreadfully seasick that he never ventured aboard a ship again. To return home he walked the 1000 kms around the Bothnian Gulf. 
Great Carolus Linnaeus, always in for a good story, decided to name a Bromeliad family for Tillandz because the roots of these plants are so shallow that they never need to experience deep water. Of course they live mostly in the jungle and collect water in a variety of other ways.
Olymp decided to be bright in the dimness of the Hortus glasshouse in the autumnal gales. So the photo is a bit more colorful than I'd have wanted. But Olymp doesn't easily take 'no' for an answer...
   

Taken in: Holland / North Holland / Binnenstad (show map)

Taken on: October 21, 2020

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Camera: Olympus TG-6, f/2.3, 1/125 sec, 5.4mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus TG-6
Aperture:	f/2.3
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	5.4mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Creative (Slow speed)
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Version 1.0
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